Support and discussion for all of Akai’s modern standalone MPCs including the MPC X / X SE, MPC Live 1, 2 & 3, MPC One / One+, MPC Key 37/61.
By John Gadget Sat Feb 25, 2023 2:47 pm
Hello! I am quite new to the world of MPC, I have been exploring my MPC One for a few weeks and integrating it with my setup, I use a Tascam Model 12 as a mixer and sound card to connect the MPC with 3 hardware synthesizers, the way I have it connected now I send midi from the MPC to the synths and I send the audio back to the mpc to be able to record it, apply FX and more... The problem I have is that each synth uses an output and with the ones I have left over, I make submixes to get the audio generated with the MPC, and to make live sets, I would like to be able to apply FX, such as a reverb filter, or stutter to all the outputs at the same time, but I have only managed to apply xyfx or q-links on individual outputs, it is Can you think of a way to apply, in the way that it is a single FX for all the outputs? thank you so much!!!
By HouseWithoutMouse Sat Feb 25, 2023 3:24 pm
Don't you mean that each synth uses an _input_? I assume that in the MPC, you have 1 audio track for each synth, using a total of 3 audio tracks in the MPC. The inputs for these audio tracks come from the synths, via the Model 12 audio interface. Route the output of each of the audio tracks to a submix where you have the common insert effects?
By John Gadget Sun Feb 26, 2023 10:57 am
HouseWithoutMouse wrote:Don't you mean that each synth uses an _input_? I assume that in the MPC, you have 1 audio track for each synth, using a total of 3 audio tracks in the MPC. The inputs for these audio tracks come from the synths, via the Model 12 audio interface. Route the output of each of the audio tracks to a submix where you have the common insert effects?


I've tried it this way, maybe I'm not doing it right, but then I lose the option to control the eq and the effects of the mixer
By John Gadget Sun Feb 26, 2023 11:23 am
John Gadget wrote:
HouseWithoutMouse wrote:Don't you mean that each synth uses an _input_? I assume that in the MPC, you have 1 audio track for each synth, using a total of 3 audio tracks in the MPC. The inputs for these audio tracks come from the synths, via the Model 12 audio interface. Route the output of each of the audio tracks to a submix where you have the common insert effects?


I've tried it this way, maybe I'm not doing it right, but then I lose the option to control the eq and the effects of the mixer


Ok, I think I have found the solution, the problem was in the configuration of the model 12, I had it configured to send the audio before the compressor and the eq, I changed it and now sending the audio signal to a bus, I have the eq and compressor control of the model 12, the only thing I lose is the volume control on the fader of each channel, but it is not a big problem, I can adjust the volume from the MPC or from the gain of the mixer! thank you so much!!